THE GLITTER EMERGENCY cast and creative team

Paul Festa’s first film, Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006, 51 min), captures the responses of 31 artists to the apocalyptic music of Olivier Messiaen (with Justin Bond, John Cameron Mitchell, Harold Bloom; screenings: Grace Cathedral, Barbican Centre, Library of Congress; “Remarkable”—The New Yorker; “Stunning”—Chicago Sun-Times; “Sublime”—Globe & Mail; numerous awards). Festa performs the Tchaikovsky violin concerto, opposite members of the San Francisco Ballet and The Cockettes, in his award-winning second film, The Glitter Emergency (2010, 20 min), a silent-film drag ballet comedy (“Enormous visual and musical inventiveness…full of pleasure and joy...Festa gives a bravura performance."—Film Threat). He produced, wrote and edited, with director Austin Forbord, and was chief archivist, for the Emmy-nominated documentary Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco (2010, 80 min: with Robin Williams, Bill Irwin, Peter Coyote; screenings: Geary Theater, KQED; “Intriguing...entertaining...a valuable record”—Variety). Performances as violinist and actor: ODC Theater, Center for Performance Research, Kunst-Stoff, TheatreFIRST, North Bay Shakespeare, Albert Fuller's Helicon Ensemble (Merkin Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall). US, Boston, NYC, SF, LA and DC (Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress on the “Betts” Stradivarius) premieres of Messiaen’s Fantaisie for violin and piano. He is the author of OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever, based on Apparition of the Eternal Church, and several anthologized essays, and has written for The Daily Beast, Salon, Nerve, and The New York Times Book Review. Current projects include a novel and Tie It Into My Hand (2014, ca. 80 min), a documentary feature that has screened as a work in progress at the Cannes film market and at ODC Theater in San Francisco (with Alan Cumming, Gary Graffman, Peter Coyote, Mink Stole, Robert Pinsky; "A fascinating exploration of the artistic life, as rollickingly entertaining as it is insightful and stirring"—San Francisco Bay Guardian). Education: Yale (B.A.; prizes, honors, distinction), Juilliard (Cert., Adv. Cert., scholarships). Residencies: Yaddo, MacDowell, ODC Theater, Centre des Récollets.

Paul Festa writer, producer, director editor, designer, violinist role of Stringendo photo: Tom Schmidt	Paul Festa’s first film, Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006, 51 min), captures the responses of 31 artists to the apocalyptic music of Olivier Messiaen (with Justin Bond, John Cameron Mitchell, Harold Bloom; screenings: Grace Cathedral, Barbican Centre, Library of Congress; “Remarkable”—The New Yorker; “Stunning”—Chicago Sun-Times; “Sublime”—Globe & Mail; numerous awards). Festa performs the Tchaikovsky violin concerto, opposite members of the San Francisco Ballet and The Cockettes, in his award-winning second film, The Glitter Emergency (2010, 20 min), a silent-film drag ballet comedy (“Enormous visual and musical inventiveness…full of pleasure and joy...Festa gives a bravura performance."—Film Threat). He produced, wrote and edited, with director Austin Forbord, and was chief archivist, for the Emmy-nominated documentary Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco (2010, 80 min: with Robin Williams, Bill Irwin, Peter Coyote; screenings: Geary Theater, KQED; “Intriguing...entertaining...a valuable record”—Variety). Performances as violinist and actor: ODC Theater, Center for Performance Research, Kunst-Stoff, TheatreFIRST, North Bay Shakespeare, Albert Fuller's Helicon Ensemble (Merkin Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall). US, Boston, NYC, SF, LA and DC (Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress on the “Betts” Stradivarius) premieres of Messiaen’s Fantaisie for violin and piano. He is the author of OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever, based on Apparition of the Eternal Church, and several anthologized essays, and has written for The Daily Beast, Salon, Nerve, and The New York Times Book Review. Current projects include a novel and Tie It Into My Hand (2014, ca. 80 min), a documentary feature that has screened as a work in progress at the Cannes film market and at ODC Theater in San Francisco (with Alan Cumming, Gary Graffman, Peter Coyote, Mink Stole, Robert Pinsky; "A fascinating exploration of the artistic life, as rollickingly entertaining as it is insightful and stirring"—San Francisco Bay Guardian). Education: Yale (B.A.; prizes, honors, distinction), Juilliard (Cert., Adv. Cert., scholarships). Residencies: Yaddo, MacDowell, ODC Theater, Centre des Récollets.
A versatile theater-maker, Kevin collaborates with choreographers, playwrights, filmmakers, performance artists and drag queens. He is company member of Berkeley's Shotgun Players and of Mark Jackson's Art Street Theatre. He has originated roles in many of Jackson's plays including Death of Meyerhold, The Forest War, and Io! Princess of Argos! He directed Jackson’s one-man show, I Am Hamlet, and the pair teamed up to co-direct Faust Pt1 (both received Critics Circle nominations). Company member of Chris Black/POTRZEBIE Dance Project, Kevin has danced in much of Black’s work. In 2002, Kevin directed the revival performances of Black’s The Ecstasy of Saint Whatsername (Isadora Duncan Dance Award winner). In 2001, Kevin co-founded, with Monique Jenkinson, the performance duo Hagen & Simone; together they were ODC Artists in Residence in 2005. Kevin has appeared in the short films of Kia Simon and was a featured extra in Gus Van Sant’s Milk. Clarke graduated from Cornell University in 1989 with a BFA in Painting and a concentration in Mathematics.		Kevin Clarke co-director and designer role of homeless guy / samurai
Myles Thatcher choreographer, boot double to Mr. Festa photo: Daniel Nicoletta	Born in Atlanta, Myles started studying ballet at the age of nine and trained at the San Francisco Ballet School, Ellison Ballet, and The Harid Conservatory. Myles acted as the student choreographer for the San Francisco Ballet School at Toronto's Assemblée Internationale, and has danced pas de deuxs from ballets including Le Corsaire, Giselle, and Balanchine's Stars and Stripes. In 2009, he was named apprentice in the San Francisco Ballet and will return in the 2010-2011 season as part of their corps.
A native of Livermore, California, Ben Estabrook graduated from UCLA, where he studied dance for the camera and directed Gimme Shelter, his first dance film. Ben is videographer and editor for Rapt Productions, whose clients include the San Francisco Ballet, LINES Ballet, ODC Dance, Joe Goode Performance Group, Anna Halprin and other local dance companies. In 2007 he participated in a dance film workshop with Belgian filmmaker Thierry De Mey at UCLA. In 2008, he shot a pre-production pilot for the dance film Labyrinth Within at the Headlands Center for the Arts, directed by Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidberg and featuring collaborator Greta Schoenberg. He and Mrs. Schoenberg created Glimpses, a dance film study of light and shadow as well as Float, a project for the REVIVE Screendance workshop using students from the LINES BFA program. He created, with choreographer Katie Faulkner, a work for a live dance performance commissioned by UC Berkeley.		Ben Estabrook director of photography photo: Paul Festa

Matthew's alter-ego Peggy L'Eggs has performed at Finocchio's, Trannyshack, Theatre Rhino, Folsom Street Fair, Marc Huestis Presents at the Castro Theatre, Midnight Mass with Peaches Christ, Steve Murray's ViVa Variety and other San Francisco clubs. Ms. L'Eggs has performed with Velocity Circus; her solo show Pink Ladies and Steak debuted at the 2002 Sydney Arts Festival.		Matthew Simmons role of Peggy the Peg-Leg Ballerina assistant director photo: Daniel Nicoletta
Sylvie Volosov role of The Ballerina photo: Daniel Nicoletta	A native of Brooklyn, Sylvie trained with the School of American Ballet for nine years and performed as a student with the New York City Ballet. Upon graduating from Professional Performing Arts School in New York City, she moved to San Francisco and became a trainee with the San Francisco Ballet. As an apprentice and an upcoming corps de ballet member of the San Francisco Ballet, she has danced numerous roles both contemporary and classical.
Jaime, born in Madrid, was named an apprentice at San Francisco Ballet in 2001, joined the Company as a corps de ballet member the following year, and was promoted to soloist in 2006 and to principal dancer in 2008. Garcia Castilla has performed featured roles in Tomasson's Giselle; Benvolio in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet; and Nutcracker Prince, Snow King, and Jack-in-the-Box in Tomasson's Nutcracker. Prizes include the People's Prize and first prize at the International Competition in Zaragoza, Spain in 1998, and the Prize of Excellence and Contemporary Dance Prize at the Prix de Lausanne in 2001.		Jaime Garcia Castilla role of a Pixie photo: Daniel Nicoletta
Martyn Garside role of a Pixie casting photo: Dan Nicoletta	Born in 1984 in Yorkshire, U.K., Martyn began studies at London's Royal Ballet School at age 11. At 18 he won a silver medal dancing in the Adeline Genée Awards at the Sydney Opera House. Martyn graduated with honors and moved to San Francisco to dance with the San Francisco Ballet, where he is now in his seventh and final season. He has collaborated with choreographers including Mark Morris, James Kudelka, and Yuri Zhukov.
Performance artist, fashion designer and stylist Eric Glaser was born and raised in San Francisco, where his sculpturally informed fashions are instantly recognizable in the city’s drag scene, as they are on the Burning Man playa. Eric launched HissyFIT! Fashions in January 2009.		Eric Glaser role of an Evil Stepsister costumes for Pixies and Evil Stepsisters photo: Dan Nicoletta
Rumi Missabu role of an Evil Stepsister photo: Dan Nicoletta	Rumi is an original member of The Cockettes, San Francisco’s legendary drag troupe whose musicals are now enjoying a robust revival. Rumi appears currently in the Thrillpeddlers production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Screen credits include Tricia's Wedding, Palace, Elevator Girls in Bondage, and a prominent role in David Weissman’s beloved 2002 documentary The Cockettes.
Ricochet, based in Oakland, is the duet project of Cohdi Harrell and Laura Stokes. Weaving metaphor and spectacle, Ricochet is known for its distinct combination of poetic acrobatics and charm. More about the duo at www.ricochet.name.		Cohdi Harrell and Laura Stokes role of the Aerialists
COMPLETE CREDITS The Glitter Emergency Sylvie Volosov The Ballerina Jaime Garcia Castilla and Martyn Garside The Pixies Eric Glaser and Rumi Missabu The Depraved Evil Stepsisters Kevin Clarke Homeless guy / samurai Kilo Samurai Bull Terrier Artist Malcolm Drake Queen of the Host Committee Cohdi Harrell and Laura Stokes The Aerialists Paul Festa Stringendo Matthew Simmons Peggy, The Peg-Leg Ballerina Written, produced, directed, edited, accompanied and designed by Paul Festa Co-directed and -designed by Kevin Clarke Choreography by Myles Thatcher Ben Estabrook Director of photography Peggy L'Eggs is a creation of Matthew Simmons Ball costumes for Peggy, Ballerina and Stringendo Micqa Griffin Wysterium Wear Ball costumes for Pixies and Stepsisters Eric Glaser Ball hair design for Peggy and Ballerina Lorenzo Diaz Casting by Paul Festa and Martyn Garside Intertitles designed by Kevin Clarke MAKE-UP Eric Glaser Dee Leitner Donna Wood Gina Novotchin Artist Malcolm Drake Jaime Garcia Castilla Matthew Simmons Martyn Garside Kevin Clarke Kegel Kater Paul Festa Additional choreography Martyn Garside Jaime Garcia Castilla Matthew Simmons Ryan T. Smith Kevin Clarke Additional camera work Matthew Wolfe Eric Koziol Paul Festa Assistant director Matthew Simmons Technical support Eric Koziol Ben Estabrook Sony Green Matthew Wolfe Production assistants Eric Reid James Harker Steven T. Wong Keer Still photography Daniel Nicoletta Tom Schmidt Jeremy Montemayor Ball Scene DJ's Dandelion Space Aerialist rigger Karl Gillick Aerial consultant Emily G. Park Special thanks Jeremy Briggs and his dolly Erika Shuch and her anchor Joseph Copley & Carlos Venturo and their wardrobe N. Moses Corrette and Ute Heklina SINE QUA NON Rob Bailis - ODC Theater Austin Forbord - Rapt Productions Chris "Kit" Sinton Mavis Hawley DeWees and Carole Hines Linda and Les Plack Muses Juliette Ideler George Dusheck Albert Fuller Fantasy ballgoers Beatrice Krivetsky Sheila Mahoney Lila Makrynassios Jerry Nachman Linda Plack Les Plack Janis Mitchell Barbara Lewis Lyman Hollins Whitney Miller Sophie Siegel Jamie Walker Kenneth Helman David Boyer Andrew Dewitt Antler Yves Averous Donna Lim Lynn Rothman Pat Crawford John "Cayenne" Bonck Chris "Kit" Sinton Ballgoers Wow Orchid Delish Barry Owen Nat Mister Wa Jombi Supastar Leopard zeppard Andy VinC Alwyn de Wally Garreth Farr Michael Steadman Carl with Records Boo Vandersloot Yves Averous Kegel Kater Michael Angel Jon von Faulken Natasha Noel Christopher Ray iii John Frank Ricky Luna Eric Glaser Joseph Copley Carlos Venturo Coleen Turrell Raven Le Faye David Gremard Martin Hoffman Jeremiah Turner Keith "Digger" Chisholm Mavis Hawley DeWees Carole Hines James Harker Kevin Clarke Jean Franco Kale Parker Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (1878) Canzonetta & Finale Paul Festa, violin Music Minus One Wolfgang Mozart Serenade #13, K. 525 (1787) "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" - Allegro Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler Sibot "Old Bak Ache" African Dope Records

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